Looking at the old NLJ 250 statistics (CO 2005), about 18% went directly into NLJ 250 firms and another 15% did clerkships, most of which I assume will end up in biglaw as well. So in a good economy I would think that top-quartile to top-third is fine. Don't know specifically about DC. However, DC seems to be W&L's primary market, so I would also assume that the people that do get biglaw tend to gravitate toward DC.